DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Last month, I had a partial mastectomy for a high-grade malignant phyllodes tumor. I can find very little information about it. My oncologist said it's up to me if I want radiation, ...

KRAS Variants Are Associated With Survival Outcomes and Genomic Alterations in Biliary Tract Cancers Malignant phyllodes tumors (MPTs) are rare fibroepithelial tumors of the breast with aggressive ...

The patient first noticed a firm, nontender, moveable hard mass while conducting a routine breast self-examination in the shower. A 69-year-old woman presents to the clinic with complaints of a large ...

Phyllodes tumors (PTs) are rare, fibroepithelial tumors of the breast that can arise as benign, borderline or malignant. Little is known about the molecular mechanisms behind their occurrence, and it ...

A phyllodes tumour's characteristic leaf-like cellular structure is not enough to identify it as malignant or benign, as in this borderline case. The epigenetic ‘signature’ of a rare, hard-to-diagnose ...

Though no one wants to learn that a tumor has been discovered in the first place, having a doctor tell you they've detected one is not the same as being told you have cancer. "Identifying that a tumor ...